Maine-Endwell settles lawsuit with former employee for $250K

9:15 PM,
Mar. 3, 2013

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sreilly@gannett.com

Taxpayers are on the hook for most of a $250,000 settlement with the Maine-Endwell Central School District's former assistant superintendent.

Kathryn Sever, 63, filed a federal lawsuit in June 2010 alleging the district acted improperly when it abolished her position in 2009 and created a similar position without offering her the job.

The protracted legal battle ended in a $250,000 settlement signed on Dec. 28, 2012, according to the settlement agreement obtained by the Press & Sun-Bulletin through the state Freedom of Information Law. ...